Quote Originally Posted by poolhelp101
didn't know whether to address the ph and hardness or not before getting the chlorine level up so i went ahead and started adding bleach...was going to add 4 gallons(my cya is 60 and i have 20,000 gallons) but after adding the second gallon i noticed the pool to cloud...since i am new to bleach...would you please tell me if that is normal and if i should go ahead and add the rest of the bleach tonight? thank you
In the interest of getting you an answer (albeit a bit later than you needed) I'll throw a couple pence in here. First stop getting your water analyzed at the pool store. Keep your testing consistent, meaning test it yourself the same way every time. One of my biggest suspicions about taking a sample out to a store for testing is how the sample degrades in the process. I suppose if the store's down the block it may not be too bad, but what if the pool store stop is one of several errands you have to run? The sample may sit in your car (in the sun?), the sample can be mishandled by the PS employee, the equipment may not be maintained too well, etc, etc. So for that reason, I firstly support aylad's suspicion that you may have something else going on, and I suggest you provide your own CL measurements to the forum.

C.